Öllampe aus dem Westen Kleinasiens, wahrscheinlich Ephesus
Price: on request
Object number
0560OL182
| Object: | Oil lamp from western Asia Minor, probably from Ephesus |
| Material: | Red clay with partially preserved coating. |
| Size: | Length 93 mm, width 64 mm, height 31 mm. Diameter of filling hole 10 mm, diameter of wick hole 16 mm. |
| Dating: | Late 1st - 2nd Century AD |
| Condition: | Professionally restored on the back (possibly resulting from a missing handle). Otherwise perfectly preserved piece. |
| Description: | Wreath on discus. The fabric, style and upturned nozzle strongly suggest western Asia Minor, possibly the area of Ephesus. The products of this major lampmaking area were in competition with the conventional voluted lamps being made further west but retained archaic idiosyncracies such as a central filling hole, upturned nozzle, and very often a pierced handle. |
| References: | Cf. Catalogue Of Ancient Oil Lamps Of The Mediterranean World by Alte Roemer Gallery, in which many oil lamps offered by us are published. |
| Provenience: | Bought 2011 in a German auction house. |
| Authenticity: | All items are sold with a Certificate of Authenticity. We unconditionally guarantee the authenticity of every artefact, all items are subject to our lifetime return policy on authenticity. |
| Expertise: | Authenticity examined and confirmed on the basis of the photographic material by Mr. David Knell, expert for ancient oil lamps and consultant at Sotheby's in the late 1990s - the early 2000s. |